Market Opens

Representatives from United for Literacy joined Mark Jarrett, Vice President of Enterprise Operations, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to close the market. Formerly Frontier College, United for Literacy is a national registered charity dedicated to improving the lives of children, youth, and adults through literacy. Since 1899, the charity’s All Welcome! approach and innovative services have been transforming every place into a learning place. In the past year, nearly 34,000 children, youth, and adults in over 191 urban, rural, and remote places across Canada (including 97 Indigenous communities) gained access to free, inclusive literacy and numeracy programs, in person and online, supported by 1,689 trained volunteer tutors.

Prerna Mathews, VP, ETF Product Strategy, Mackenzie Investments, and her team joined Keith Wu, Head, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market and celebrate the launch of three new ETFs: the Mackenzie Global Dividend ETF (TSX: MGDV), the Mackenzie Canadian Low Volatility ETF (TSX: MCLV), and the Mackenzie US Low Volatility ETF (TSX: MULV). Mackenzie Investments (“Mackenzie”) is a leading investment management firm with $195.7 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2023. Mackenzie provides investment solutions and related services to more than one million retail and institutional clients through multiple distribution channels. Founded in 1967, Mackenzie is a global asset manager with offices across Canada as well as in Boston, Dublin, London, Hong Kong and Beijing. Mackenzie is a member of IGM Financial Inc. (TSX: IGM), one of Canada's premier financial services companies with approximately $240 billion in total assets under management as of December 31, 2023.

Kevin Sampson, President, CDS and his team, joined Jay Rajarathinam, COO, TMX Group and Luc Fortin, President and CEO, Montreal Exchange and Global Head of Trading, TMX Group to close the market and celebrate the implementation of changes to its production systems to accommodate Canada’s move to a T+1 securities settlement standard on May 27, 2024. CDS was formed in 1970 in response to increased capital markets activity and escalating back office costs. The vision was to create an automated, centralized depository service and electronic clearing and settlement system that could handle higher volumes, and evolve to meet client needs into the future. CDS remains Canada's central securities depository, settlement and clearing hub for domestic and cross-border depository-eligible securities, with regional offices in Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. CDS supports Canada's equity, fixed income and money markets, and is accountable for the safe custody and movement of securities, the processing of post-trade transactions, and the collection and distribution of entitlements. CDS holds more than $7 trillion on deposit and handles over 530 million domestic and cross-border securities trades annually.

Dennis Tew, Head of Sales, Canada, and Ahmed Farooq, SVP, Head of Retail ETF Distribution, Franklin Templeton Canada, and their team joined Keith Wu, Head, ETF and TMX Market Centre, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market and celebrate the listing of four new ETFs: Franklin Conservative Income ETF Portfolio (TSX: CNV), Franklin Core ETF Portfolio (TSX: CBL), Franklin Growth ETF Portfolio (TSX: GRO), and Franklin All-Equity ETF Portfolio (TSX: EQY). Franklin Resources, Inc. is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton and serving clients in over 150 countries. In Canada, the company's subsidiary is Franklin Templeton Investments Corp., which operates as Franklin Templeton Canada. In Canada, Franklin Fixed Income is a business name used by Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. Franklin Templeton's mission is to help clients achieve better outcomes through investment management expertise, wealth management and technology solutions. Through its specialist investment managers, the company offers specialization on a global scale, bringing extensive capabilities in fixed income, equity, alternatives and multi-asset solutions. With more than 1,500 investment professionals, and offices in major financial markets around the world, the California-based company has over 75 years of investment experience and over US$1.6 trillion (approximately CAN$2.2 trillion) in assets under management as of April 30, 2024.